A 27-year-old man has been arrested by the Delhi Police for allegedly bodily and sexually assaulting a 70-year-old lady after breaking into her home in central Delhi’s Ranjit Nagar on Saturday.
Senior officers mentioned the accused, Mukesh Singh, was arrested on Monday.
Police mentioned the aged lady often lives alone at her residence and had met the accused, who works as a waiter with catering firms at weddings, a couple of days in the past when he got here to her door asking for water.
In line with the police, final week on Saturday, a name was obtained at Ranjit Nagar police station in regards to the sexual assault.
DCP (central) Rohit Rajbir Singh mentioned, “The lady caller advised us that she was bodily assaulted by a person. A police staff promptly reached the spot and shifted the complainant to SVBP Hospital in Patel Nagar the place her medico-legal examination (MLC) was carried out. The examination revealed accidents in keeping with bodily assault, and accordingly, a case was registered.”
Police mentioned that originally, an FIR was lodged beneath sections of voluntarily inflicting damage and prison intimidation.
“On Sunday, the lady and her daughter got here to us. The daughter mentioned her mom was additionally sexual assaulted by the accused. In view of the brand new info, the complainant was once more taken for medical examination, the place the sexual assault was confirmed. We then added BNS Part 76 (assault or prison pressure in opposition to lady with intent to disrobe her) to the FIR,” mentioned the DCP.
Investigators mentioned the aged lady later revealed that she first met the accused on April 9. “He got here to her home on the pretext of asking for water and he or she helped him. On Saturday, he forcefully entered her home, assaulted her and raped her,” mentioned an officer.
Police mentioned a staff was shaped to hint the accused.
“The staff examined CCTV footage and located the suspect coming into and exiting the complainant’s residence across the time of the incident. With the assistance of a number of CCTV cameras and technical surveillance, the suspect’s motion was tracked and he was arrested from Pandav Nagar space on Monday,” mentioned DCP Singh.
On Wednesday, the accused was produced earlier than the court docket and despatched to judicial custody.
“He revealed that he had earlier visited the complainant’s residence and located that she lived alone. So, he went there on Saturday and sexually assaulted her,” mentioned the DCP.